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Hospital 'deserts' a growing problem in major urban centers
Guest post by Alan Sager In 1960, 42 acute care hospitals with 8,000 beds served Detroit's 1.7 million residents. But only four hospitals with 2,700 beds survived to served 700,000 residents in...
Online pharmacist care helps hypertensives sustain lower BP
Web-based pharmacist care is an effective method for helping hypertensive patients to sustain low blood pressure, according to research published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine .
Shades of grey: Beyond peer-reviewed literature for mHealth evidence
An exciting resource is being developed by the Center for Communication Programs at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. It's an online mHealth evidence database ...
Beta version of mHealth evidence database to go live soon
The Center for Communication Programs at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing an online mHealth Evidence Database that James BonTempo, the Center's...
Cancer patients more likely to file for bankruptcy
Cancer patients are more likely than other patients to file for bankruptcy due to medical bills, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
Marin General Hospital on the right path to fix CPOE safety issues
Fixing IT safety issues goes beyond training and board meetings and union action, as providers at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., are showing.
CMS guidance encourages participation in EHR incentive, PQRS reporting programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued new guidance to help eligible professionals participate in both the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program and the Physician Quality Reporting System program. Eligible professionals who successfully participate in both programs can receive incentive payments in 2013 and avoid penalties in 2015.
Telemedicine on track for a mainstream breakthrough
All signs point to telemedicine entering the mainstream healthcare industry. Maybe it's fresh on my mind because the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference --which took place...
Geisinger to expand patient access to docs' notes
Geisinger Health System, buoyed by the success of its experiment to provide patients with access to their physicians' electronic notes, has decided to expand the program to more than 500 of its physicians and 100,000 patients, it recently announced.
In the fight against superbugs, biosensors may have an answer
New biosensors have the potential to detect antiobiotic resistance in bacteria, according to new re search.
